MotoGP Silverstone: Starting Grids

Jorge Lorenzo secured his first pole position of the 2010 campaign at the AirAsia British Grand Prix after an exciting qualifying practice at Silverstone. The World Championship leader battled with Randy de Puniet through the latter stages of a cold afternoon session, finally edging the Frenchman out with a best time of 2’03.308.

De Puniet had stunned the rest of the field with 15 minutes to go when he stripped half a second off Lorenzo’s top time, and the LCR Honda man looked on course for his first-ever premier-class pole when he again improved on that.

However, his 2’03.434 was eventually the second fastest time as Lorenzo took pole back, and the Frenchman was left to be satisfied with his first front row start since Assen 2007. In trying to reclaim pole, De Puniet also experienced a crash right at the end of the session as he pushed hard, injuring his right thumb in the process with a deep cut.

Completing the front row will be Repsol Honda’s Dani Pedrosa who was 0.152s further back. The Spaniard set his fastest lap on his penultimate lap of the circuit, before also crashing out at Brooklands corner, which saw him stretchered off the side of the track.

X-rays at the medical centre confirmed that Pedrosa had only suffered bruising to his left and right knees after the bike ran over his legs, and luckily he will be able to take his position on the starting grid on Sunday.

Leading the second row will be another Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso, who was four-tenths of a second off his team-mate’s pace and the final rider to get within a second of Lorenzo (+0.687s). Ducati duo Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner had just 0.062s between them as they took fifth and sixth spots on the grid respectively.

The top ten in the session was completed by Ben Spies (Monster Yamaha Tech3), San Carlo Honda Gresini pair Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli, and Spies’ team-mate Colin Edwards. Sunday’s MotoGP race will start at 1pm local time.

MotoGP Grid

Pos.

Num.

Rider

Nation

Team

Bike

Km/h

Time

Gap 1st/Prev.

1

99

Jorge
LORENZO

SPA

Fiat Yamaha Team

Yamaha

317.6

2’03.308

2

14

Randy DE
PUNIET

FRA

LCR Honda MotoGP

Honda

320.1

2’03.434

0.126 / 0.126

3

26

Dani
PEDROSA

SPA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

323.9

2’03.586

0.278 / 0.152

4

4

Andrea
DOVIZIOSO

ITA

Repsol Honda Team

Honda

322.0

2’03.995

0.687 / 0.409

5

69

Nicky
HAYDEN

USA

Ducati Team

Ducati

316.9

2’04.332

1.024 / 0.337

6

27

Casey
STONER

AUS

Ducati Team

Ducati

319.2

2’04.394

1.086 / 0.062

7

11

Ben SPIES

USA

Monster
Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

313.9

2’04.477

1.169 /
0.083

8

33

Marco
MELANDRI

ITA

San Carlo Honda Gresini

Honda

321.9

2’04.555

1.247 / 0.078

9

58

Marco
SIMONCELLI

ITA

San Carlo Honda Gresini

Honda

315.7

2’04.868

1.560 / 0.313

10

5

Colin
EDWARDS

USA

Monster Yamaha Tech 3

Yamaha

313.3

2’05.035

1.727 / 0.167

11

40

Hector
BARBERA

SPA

Paginas Amarillas Aspar

Ducati

319.1

2’05.354

2.046 / 0.319

12

7

Hiroshi
AOYAMA

JPN

Interwetten Honda MotoGP

Honda

320.5

2’05.712

2.404 / 0.358

13

41

Aleix
ESPARGARO

SPA

Pramac Racing Team

Ducati

315.4

2’05.748

2.440 / 0.036

14

65

Loris
CAPIROSSI

ITA

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP

Suzuki

317.9

2’05.821

2.513 / 0.073

15

19

Alvaro
BAUTISTA

SPA

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP

Suzuki

316.8

2’06.607

3.299 / 0.786

16

36

Mika KALLIO

FIN

Pramac
Racing Team

Ducati

312.9

2’06.980

3.672 /
0.373

Sliverstone: Moto2 Starting Grid

The Forward Racing team were celebrating a qualification one-two in Moto2 as Claudio Corti and Jules Cluzel took the top spots for Sunday’s Moto2 race at Silverstone. Corti’s first World Championship pole in just his fifth race was secured with a best lap of 2’09.624, making him the first rider under to go under 2’10” this weekend.
Cluzel was 0.413s off his team-mate’s pace as the Frenchman achieved his third successive front row grid position this season. Stefan Bradl (Viessmann Kiefer Racing) – 0.376s further back – and Julián Simón (Mapfre Aspar) were separated by just six-thousandths of a second as they completed an all Suter front row.

Yonny Hernández’s impressive weekend continued as the Blusens-STX rider set the fifth best time, and another rider who has stood out is Xavier Simeon. Riding as a replacement on the Holiday Gym G22 team the Belgian qualified with the sixth best time. Alex Baldolini (Caretta Technology Race Dept) and Arne Tode (Racing Team Germany) also put in strong displays to take second-row slots.

British rider Scott Redding (Marc VDS Racing Team) will be on the third row having placed 12th, one place behind Shoya Tomizawa (Technomag-CIP) who is currently second in the World Championship standings. Leader Toni Elías (Gresini Racing Moto2) was 18th in the session.

Moto2 Grid

Pos.

Num.

Rider

Nation

Team

Bike

Km/h

Time

Gap 1st/Prev.

1

71

Claudio
CORTI

ITA

Forward Racing

Suter

271.1

2’09.624

2

16

Jules
CLUZEL

FRA

Forward Racing

Suter

269.1

2’10.037

0.413 / 0.413

3

65

Stefan
BRADL

GER

Viessmann Kiefer Racing

Suter

273.6

2’10.413

0.789 / 0.376

4

60

Julian
SIMON

SPA

Mapfre Aspar Team

Suter

269.8

2’10.419

0.795 / 0.006

5

68

Yonny
HERNANDEZ

COL

Blusens-STX

BQR-Moto2

271.1

2’10.475

0.851 / 0.056

6

19

Xavier
SIMEON

BEL

Holiday Gym G22

Moriwaki

269.6

2’10.492

0.868 / 0.017

7

25

Alex
BALDOLINI

ITA

Caretta Technology Race Dept

I.C.P.

272.4

2’10.578

0.954 / 0.086

8

41

Arne TODE

GER

Racing
Team Germany

Suter

271.8

2’10.634

1.010 /
0.056

9

12

Thomas
LUTHI

SWI

Interwetten Moriwaki Moto2

Moriwaki

271.9

2’10.654

1.030 / 0.020

10

10

Fonsi NIETO

SPA

Holiday
Gym G22

Moriwaki

269.1

2’10.668

1.044 /
0.014

11

48

Shoya
TOMIZAWA

JPN

Technomag-CIP

Suter

271.5

2’10.688

1.064 / 0.020

12

45

Scott
REDDING

GBR

Marc VDS Racing Team

Suter

268.8

2’10.768

1.144 / 0.080

13

77

Dominique
AEGERTER

SWI

Technomag-CIP

Suter

272.6

2’10.773

1.149 / 0.005

14

17

Karel
ABRAHAM

CZE

Cardion AB Motoracing

FTR

268.5

2’10.802

1.178 / 0.029

15

3

Simone
CORSI

ITA

JIR Moto2

Motobi

269.6

2’10.821

1.197 / 0.019

16

29

Andrea
IANNONE

ITA

Fimmco Speed Up

Speed Up

270.3

2’10.846

1.222 / 0.025

17

6

Alex DEBON

SPA

Aeroport
de Castello – Ajo

FTR

273.1

2’10.864

1.240 /
0.018

18

24

Toni ELIAS

SPA

Gresini
Racing Moto2

Moriwaki

269.8

2’11.050

1.426 /
0.186

19

2

Gabor
TALMACSI

HUN

Fimmco Speed Up

Speed Up

273.6

2’11.177

1.553 / 0.127

20

80

Axel PONS

SPA

Tenerife
40 Pons

Pons Kalex

272.2

2’11.190

1.566 /
0.013

21

75

Mattia
PASINI

ITA

JIR Moto2

Motobi

270.1

2’11.212

1.588 / 0.022

22

40

Sergio
GADEA

SPA

Tenerife 40 Pons

Pons Kalex

272.9

2’11.221

1.597 / 0.009

23

9

Kenny NOYES

USA

Jack
& Jones by A.Banderas

Promoharris

270.1

2’11.410

1.786 / 0.189

24

14

Ratthapark
WILAIROT

THA

Thai Honda PTT Singha SAG

Bimota

271.4

2’11.421

1.797 / 0.011

25

52

Lukas PESEK

CZE

Matteoni
CP Racing

Moriwaki

270.3

2’11.457

1.833 /
0.036

26

59

Niccolo
CANEPA

ITA

RSM Team Scot

Force GP210

265.5

2’11.461

1.837 / 0.004

27

44

Roberto
ROLFO

ITA

Italtrans S.T.R.

Suter

268.7

2’11.537

1.913 / 0.076

28

76

Bernat
MARTINEZ

SPA

Maquinza-SAG Team

Bimota

265.0

2’11.613

1.989 / 0.076

29

39

Robertino
PIETRI

VEN

Italtrans S.T.R.

Suter

270.9

2’11.684

2.060 / 0.071

30

54

Kev COGHLAN

GBR

Monlau
Joey Darcey

FTR

276.9

2’11.694

2.070 /
0.010

31

63

Mike DI
MEGLIO

FRA

Mapfre Aspar Team

Suter

271.6

2’11.815

2.191 / 0.121

32

55

Hector
FAUBEL

SPA

Marc VDS Racing Team

Suter

273.1

2’11.948

2.324 / 0.133

33

8

Anthony
WEST

AUS

MZ Racing Team

MZ-RE Honda

269.4

2’12.052

2.428 / 0.104

34

61

Vladimir
IVANOV

UKR

Gresini Racing Moto2

Moriwaki

269.7

2’12.167

2.543 / 0.115

35

5

Joan OLIVE

SPA

Jack
& Jones by A.Banderas

Promoharris

268.3

2’12.340

2.716 / 0.173

36

35

Raffaele
DE ROSA

ITA

Tech 3 Racing

Tech 3

272.1

2’12.360

2.736 / 0.020

37

96

Anthony
DELHALLE

FRA

Blusens-STX

BQR-Moto2

268.9

2’12.502

2.878 / 0.142

38

72

Yuki
TAKAHASHI

JPN

Tech 3 Racing

Tech 3

273.0

2’12.568

2.944 / 0.066

39

53

Valentin
DEBISE

FRA

WTR San Marino Team

ADV

272.6

2’13.106

3.482 / 0.538

40

21

Vladimir
LEONOV

RUS

Vector Kiefer Racing

Suter

267.3

2’13.240

3.616 / 0.134

15

Alex DE
ANGELIS

RSM

RSM Team Scot

Force GP210

Silverstone: 125cc GP Starting Grid

Marc Márquez will start the 125cc race from pole position on Sunday after topping qualifying at Silverstone, a best time of 2’14.667 on his final lap of the 40-minute session securing him his third pole of the 2010 campaign.

The late effort from Márquez pushed him in front of home rider Bradley Smith (Bancaja Aspar), who had become the first 125cc rider of the weekend to go under 2’15” with his 2’14.966 on his penultimate lap. That placed the Brit second, 0.146s ahead of Pol Espargaró (Tuenti Racing), with Championship leader Nico Terol (Bancaja Aspar) nine-tenths off Márquez’s pace as he completed the front row.

Johann Zarco (WTR San Marino Team), Esteve Rabat (Blusens-STX), Tomoyoshi Koyama (Racing Team Germany) and British rider Danny Webb (Andalucia Cajasol) will all start from the second row as they placed fifth to eighth in the session.

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